March 11th NHL Recap

Nashville Predators 4, Buffalo Sabres 1 (from Buffalo) - The Predators improved to 28-28-10 (.500) on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres, dropping them to 19-38-8.

Goals:

BUF - Drew Stafford PPG (12) - from Cody Hodgson and Tyler Ennis (2:09 1ST)

NSH - Nick Spaling PPG (13) - from Shea Weber and Roman Josi (17:10 1ST)

NSH - Shea Weber (16) - from Colin Wilson and Craig Smith (3:33 2ND) *GWG*

NSH - Craig Smith (20) - from Colin Wilson and Gabriel Bourque (7:51 2ND)

NSH - Paul Gaustad EN (9) - from Nick Spaling and Mike Fisher (18:29 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Carter Hutton (24 saves on 25 shots: 15-10-4) LG - Jhonas Enroth (20 saves on 23 shots: 4-15-5)

Three Stars:

3. Craig Smith (1 goal, 1 assist) - Nashville 

2. Nick Spaling (1 goal, 1 assist) - Nashville

1. Shea Weber (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Nashville

New Jersey Devils 2, Philadelphia Flyers 1 (from Philadelphia) - The Devils improved to 29-24-13 on the season thanks to a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, dropping them to 33-25-7.

Goals:

NJD - Travis Zajac (12) - from Jaromir Jagr and Tuomo Ruutu (7:56 1ST)
PHI - Nicklas Grossmann (1) - from Jakub Voracek and Claude Giroux (0:47 2ND)
NJD - Jaromir Jagr (21) - from Marek Zidlicky and Tuomo Ruutu (7:42 3RD) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Martin Brodeur (30 saves on 31 shots: 17-11-4) LG - Steve Mason (24 saves on 26 shots: 26-16-6)

Three Stars:

3. Nicklas Grossmann (1 goal) - Philadelphia

2. Martin Brodeur (30 saves on 31 shots for the win) - New Jersey

1. Jaromir Jagr (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - New Jersey

Carolina Hurricanes 3, New York Rangers 1 (from Carolina) - The Hurricanes improved to 28-28-9 (.500) on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers, dropping them to 35-27-4.

Goals:

CAR - Jiri Tlusty (11) - from Jordan Staal and Andrej Sekera (0:33 2ND)
NYR - Kevin Klein (2) - from Mats Zuccarello and Benoit Pouliot (4:22 2ND)
CAR - Jordan Staal (13) - from Jiri Tlusty and Alexander Semin (18:18 2ND) *GWG*
CAR - Elias Lindholm (6) - from Jeff Skinner and Eric Staal (14:31 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Cam Ward (24 saves on 25 shots: 7-10-5) LG - Henrik Lundqvist (32 saves on 35 shots: 24-21-4)

Three Stars:

3. Cam Ward (24 saves on 25 shots for the win) - Carolina

2. Jiri Tlusty (1 goal, 1 assist) - Carolina

1. Jordan Staal (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Carolina

Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Detroit Red Wings 1 (from Columbus) - The Blue Jackets improved to 34-26-5 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings, dropping them to 29-23-13.

Goals:

DET - Danny DeKeyser (4) - from David Legwand (10:24 1ST)

CBJ - Nick Foligno (17) - from Nick Schultz and Nathan Horton (15:11 1ST)

CBJ - Boone Jenner (12) - unassisted (10:08 3RD) *GWG*

CBJ - Brandon Dubinsky (13) - from Matt Calvert and Nathan Horton (10:48 3RD)

CBJ - Derek MacKenzie (7) - from Mark Letestu and Blake Comeau (15:48 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Sergei Bobrovsky (39 saves on 40 shots: 25-16-3) LG - Petr Mrazek (33 saves on 37 shots: 1-4-0)

Three Stars:

3. Boone Jenner (1 goal, GWG) - Columbus

2. Nathan Horton (2 assists) - Columbus

1. Sergei Bobrovsky (39 saves on 40 shots for the win) - Columbus

Phoenix Coyotes 3, Florida Panthers 1 (from Florida) - The Coyotes improved to 31-24-11 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Florida Panthers, dropping them to 24-34-7.

Goals:

PHX - Mike Ribeiro PPG (15) - from Keith Yandle and Radim Vrbata (17:43 1ST)
PHX - Oliver Ekman-Larsson (11) - from Radim Vrbata and Lauri Korpikoski (9:43 2ND) *GWG*
PHX - Radim Vrbata (19) - from Antoine Vermette and Mikkel Boedker (5:52 3RD)
FLA - Brandon Pirri PPG (7) - from Dmitry Kulikov and Nick Bjugstad (8:54 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Mike Smith (31 saves on 32 shots: 24-19-10) LG - Roberto Luongo (23 saves on 26 shots: 20-18-6)

Three Stars:

3. Brandon Pirri (1 goal) - Florida

2. Mike Smith (31 saves on 32 shots for the win) - Phoenix

1. Radim Vrbata (1 goal, 2 assists) - Phoenix

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Washington Capitals 0 (from Pittsburgh) - The Penguins improved to 44-17-4 on the season thanks to a 2-0 shutout of the Washington Capitals, dropping them to 30-27-10.

Goals:

PIT - Jussi Jokinen (17) - from Matt Niskanen and Evgeni Nabokov (16:41 1ST) *GWG*

PIT - Sidney Crosby (31) - from Lee Stempniak (14:12 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Marc-Andre Fleury (32 saves on 32 shots: 34-14-3) LG - Jaroslav Halak (32 saves on 34 shots: 25-11-4)

Three Stars:

3. Jussi Jokinen (1 goal, GWG) - Pittsburgh

2. Sidney Crosby (1 goal) - Pittsburgh

1. Marc-Andre Fleury (32 saves on 32 shots for the shutout) - Pittsburgh

Dallas Stars 3, St. Louis Blues 2 (OT) - (from St. Louis) - The Stars improved to 32-23-10 on the season thanks to a 3-2 OT win over the St. Louis Blues, dropping them to 44-14-7.

Goals:

STL - Alex Pietrangelo (7) - from Magnus Paajarvi and Maxim Lapierre (13:01 1ST)
DAL - Colton Sceviour PPG (4) - from Alex Goligoski and Ray Whitney (19:07 1ST)
DAL - Antoine Roussel (11) - from Jamie Benn (2:19 3RD)
STL - Roman Polak (4) - from Vladimir Tarasenko and Patrik Berglund (5:01 3RD)
DAL - Jamie Benn (26) - from Trevor Daley and Tyler Seguin (3:42 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Tim Thomas (28 saves on 30 shots: 18-20-3) LG - Ryan Miller (27 saves on 30 shots: 19-22-4)

Three Stars:

3. Tim Thomas (28 saves on 30 shots for the win) - Dallas

2. Roman Polak (1 goal) - St. Louis

1. Jamie Benn (1 goal, 1 assist, OT winner) - Dallas

Edmonton Oilers 4, Minnesota Wild 3 (SO) - (from Minnesota) - The Oilers improved to 23-35-8 on the season thanks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to 34-22-9.

Goals:

MIN - Zach Parise PPG (22) - from Mikael Granlund and Jason Pominville (11:07 1ST)

MIN - Jared Spurgeon (3) - from Erik Haula and Dany Heatley (13:46 1ST)

MIN - Jason Pominville (24) - from Mikael Granlund and Zach Parise (15:23 1ST)

EDM - Jeff Petry (5) - from Jordan Eberle and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (16:55 1ST)

EDM - David Perron (24) - from Andrew Ference and Sam Gagner (11:06 3RD)

EDM - Jordan Eberle (21) - from Andrew Ference and Oscar Klefbom (15:07 3RD)

Shootout winner - Taylor Hall (EDM)

Goalies:

WG - Viktor Fasth (28 saves on 31 shots: 3-2-1) LG - Darcy Kuemper (23 saves on 26 shots: 11-4-3)

Three Stars:

3. Jason Pominville (1 goal, 1 assist) - Minnesota

2. Zach Parise (1 goal, 1 assist) - Minnesota

1. Jordan Eberle (1 goal, 1 assist) - Edmonton

San Jose Sharks 6, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (from San Jose) - The Sharks improved to 42-17-7 on the season thanks to a 6-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping them to 35-24-8.

Goals:

SJS - Marc-Edouard Vlasic (5) - from Matt Nieto (3:58 1ST)

TOR - Jake Gardiner (7) - from Mason Raymond (4:23 1ST)

SJS - Brent Burns (18) - from Joe Thornton and Joe Pavelski (11:04 1ST)

SJS - Tommy Wingels (15) - from Justin Braun and James Sheppard (6:54 2ND) *GWG*

SJS - Joe Pavelski (33) - from Joe Thornton and Dan Boyle (8:13 2ND)
SJS - Joe Pavelski (34) - from Jason Demers and Joe Thornton (4:26 3RD)
TOR - Jake Gardiner SHG (8) - from Mason Raymond and James van Riemsdyk (14:56 3RD)
SJS - Martin Havlat (6) - from James Sheppard and Tommy Wingels (16:33 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Antti Niemi (19 saves on 21 shots: 32-13-6) LG - James Reimer (42 saves on 48 shots: 10-8-1)

Three Stars:

3. Tommy Wingels (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - San Jose

2. Joe Thornton (3 assists) - San Jose

1. Joe Pavelski (2 goals, 1 assist) - San Jose

Three Stars of the Night:

3. Sergei Bobrovsky - Bobrovsky made 39 saves on 40 shots in the Blue Jackets 4-1 win over the Red Wings.

2. Marc-Andre Fleury - Fleury stopped all 32 shots in the Penguins 2-0 shutout of the Capitals.

1. Joe Pavelski - Pavelski his 33rd and 34th goals of the season and added an assist in the Sharks 5-1 win over the Leafs.

Interesting Stats of the Night:

-Matt Cooke played game #1000 tonight.

-Ryan Miller lost his 1st game in a Blues uniform after winning his 1st 4 starts. 

-Oscar Klefbom made his NHL debut for the Oilers, picking up 1 assist, 2 shots and 2 blocked shots in 15:19 of icetime.
-Marc-Andre Fleury picked up his 5th shutout of the season
-The Penguins beat the Capitals for the 2nd time in 2 nights, as they beat the Caps 3-2 in Washington last night and 2-0 in Pittsburgh tonight.
-Jamie Benn capped an emotional 24-hours for the Stars with a huge OT goal in St. Louis tonight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQo-_XAallo

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):

Los Angeles Kings - 8 game winning streak

Boston Bruins - 5 game winning streak

Pittsburgh Penguins - 3 game winning streak

Dallas Stars - 3 game winning streak

San Jose Sharks - 3 game winning streak

Tampa Bay Lightning - 4 game losing streak

Buffalo Sabres - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:

-Martin Brodeur gets it tonight with a beautiful glove save: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGtwmNXGZZk

What's up next (March 12th) - There are 4 NHL games on tap for Wednesday: 

1. Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens @730PM ET (In Montreal)

2. Vancouver Canucks vs. Winnipeg Jets @730PM ET (In Winnipeg)

3. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Colorado Avalanche @930PM ET (In Colorado) {***Forman's Game of the Night***}

4. Anaheim Ducks vs. Calgary Flames @10PM ET (In Calgary)

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff